Ghaziabad: The district administration has mooted a suggestion to give a boost to the Hindon Canal with fencing following a string of drowning instances in the fresh previous.
Though a considerable segment of the canal is already fenced, positive stretches are nonetheless naked.
District magistrate Ritu Maheshwari, who wrote to the irrigation department in this regard, told TOI, “There are gaps throughout the fences which can be used by boys to go into the canal. The irrigation department has been asked to plug those gaps. The mission might be undertaken relying on funds at the disposal of the dep.. Caution must be exercised by folks whose kids throng the canal for recreation.”
A variety of drowning instances are reported from the Hindon Canal yearly, particularly in summer when kids input the canal. On May 19, a 12-year-old boy finding out in Class V of a central authority school in Pratap Vihar drowned in the canal while bathing with his buddies. Two of his buddies who accompanied him to the canal managed to swim safely to the financial institution. This came about close to a bridge around the canal that connects Vasundhara and Indirapuram.
At the similar spot on June 18 last yr, two teenagers drowned while attempting to save a man. Shivam Srivastava (18) and Gunjan (19) had long gone to the canal with two different buddies when they saw a man who gave the impression to be intoxicating himself with some substance. The man jumped into the water and the youths, pondering he used to be looking to dedicate suicide, jumped in to save him. While the man managed to swim to protection, the two youths were swept away.
On June 20 last yr, a 10-year-old girl drowned close to any other bridge downstream which connects Sector four and Vaishali with Indirapuram. An 18-year-old boy who jumped in to save the lady additionally drowned. The girl Amreen had entered the water and were given pulled in. The 18-year-old, who used to be strolling alongside the interior financial institution of the canal, immediately jumped into the water to save the lady. But soon, he too disappeared within.
On July 19 last yr, any other minor boy drowned to death in the canal close to Sector 1 of Vasundhara when he had entered the water for bathing. Eyewitnesses said Mohammed swam to a deeper part of the canal while bathing.
Police and NDRF are usually roped in for search and rescue operations in such instances. In the recent previous, there were reports about boys getting into the water to swim even at night time.
“We have requested civic businesses to install streetlights alongside the canal stretch. The businesses have additionally been requested to boost infrastructure in such a method that boys find it unimaginable to go into the waters,” Ghaziabad SP (City) Akash Tomar told TOI.
Youngsters whose families are living in shanties or close by spaces of Makanpur, Kanshi Ram Colony of Pratap Vihar and Kanawani are usually the ones who input the canal for recreation.
“Boys usually go to the canal in teams regardless of the reality whether or not they know swimming or no longer. They perform stunts by jumping off the bridges around the canal or from the banks. Those who died in the fresh previous are from running elegance families. They go to the canal for recreation because we cannot afford to visit swimming swimming pools or water parks,” said Raj Kumar, a resident of Kanshi Ram Colony, Pratap Vihar.
Though a considerable segment of the canal is already fenced, positive stretches are nonetheless naked.
District magistrate Ritu Maheshwari, who wrote to the irrigation department in this regard, told TOI, “There are gaps throughout the fences which can be used by boys to go into the canal. The irrigation department has been asked to plug those gaps. The mission might be undertaken relying on funds at the disposal of the dep.. Caution must be exercised by folks whose kids throng the canal for recreation.”
A variety of drowning instances are reported from the Hindon Canal yearly, particularly in summer when kids input the canal. On May 19, a 12-year-old boy finding out in Class V of a central authority school in Pratap Vihar drowned in the canal while bathing with his buddies. Two of his buddies who accompanied him to the canal managed to swim safely to the financial institution. This came about close to a bridge around the canal that connects Vasundhara and Indirapuram.
At the similar spot on June 18 last yr, two teenagers drowned while attempting to save a man. Shivam Srivastava (18) and Gunjan (19) had long gone to the canal with two different buddies when they saw a man who gave the impression to be intoxicating himself with some substance. The man jumped into the water and the youths, pondering he used to be looking to dedicate suicide, jumped in to save him. While the man managed to swim to protection, the two youths were swept away.
On June 20 last yr, a 10-year-old girl drowned close to any other bridge downstream which connects Sector four and Vaishali with Indirapuram. An 18-year-old boy who jumped in to save the lady additionally drowned. The girl Amreen had entered the water and were given pulled in. The 18-year-old, who used to be strolling alongside the interior financial institution of the canal, immediately jumped into the water to save the lady. But soon, he too disappeared within.
On July 19 last yr, any other minor boy drowned to death in the canal close to Sector 1 of Vasundhara when he had entered the water for bathing. Eyewitnesses said Mohammed swam to a deeper part of the canal while bathing.
Police and NDRF are usually roped in for search and rescue operations in such instances. In the recent previous, there were reports about boys getting into the water to swim even at night time.
“We have requested civic businesses to install streetlights alongside the canal stretch. The businesses have additionally been requested to boost infrastructure in such a method that boys find it unimaginable to go into the waters,” Ghaziabad SP (City) Akash Tomar told TOI.
Youngsters whose families are living in shanties or close by spaces of Makanpur, Kanshi Ram Colony of Pratap Vihar and Kanawani are usually the ones who input the canal for recreation.
“Boys usually go to the canal in teams regardless of the reality whether or not they know swimming or no longer. They perform stunts by jumping off the bridges around the canal or from the banks. Those who died in the fresh previous are from running elegance families. They go to the canal for recreation because we cannot afford to visit swimming swimming pools or water parks,” said Raj Kumar, a resident of Kanshi Ram Colony, Pratap Vihar.
After deaths, Hindon canal to be fully fenced
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